Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - six number

1 6 2 it's six of one and half a dozen of the other spoken used to say there is not much difference between two possible choices, situations etc 3 at sixes and sevens BrE informal disorganized and confused  (When the visitors arrived we were still at sixes and sevens.) 4 a hit in the game of cricket, worth six runs (run2 (17)) in which the ball goes beyond the edge of the playing area before touching the ground - sixth number  (our sixth child)